Methyl alcohol in EU cosmetics: Annex III, entry 52
Methyl alcohol: maximum concentration in ready for use preparation by product type: Denaturant for ethanol and isopropyl alcohol: 5 % (as a % ethanol and isopropyl alcohol). Annex III, entry 52, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated 18 May 2026.
- Annex
- III: List of substances which cosmetic products must not contain except subject to the restrictions laid down
- Reference number
- 52
- Chemical name/INN
- Methanol
- Name of Common Ingredients Glossary
- Methyl alcohol
- CAS number
- 67-56-1
- EC number
- 200-659-6
- Version
- Consolidated version of 18 May 2026
- Official source
- Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, consolidated text
Official wording: restrictions
- Product type, body parts: Denaturant for ethanol and isopropyl alcohol | Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation: 5 % (as a % ethanol and isopropyl alcohol)
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